Workers demand dismissal

Workers demand dismissal

TANGERANG: Some 250 workers of PT Sandang Indo Pratama staged
a protest rally at the Municipal Manpower Agency's offices on Jl.
Perintis Kemerdekaan I on Tuesday, demanding the dismissal of the
company's production supervisor.

"The supervisor, Zakaria, has frequently harassed workers with
his insulting words. I was once ordered to give him sexual favors
at work," said a female worker.

The workers began their rally at 10 a.m., and carried banners,
one of which read "Fire Zakaria now, all the workers hate him".

The workers had earlier protested at the company's garment
factory in Bambu village, Legok district, Tangerang, but were
disappointed as the company's director, Darmawan, took the side
of the supervisor.

Gatot Subagyo, a labor activists, said that Zakaria had
allegedly hired local thugs in break up an earlier rally staged
by the workers. -- JP